Professor, Dr Ravinder Rena is a profound academician and distinguished scholar in economics, writer, editor and adviser with over 25 years of teaching and research experience in Asia-Pacific, Africa and European continents. He has been an independent consultant and training expert. Prof Rena is currently working as Professor at the NWU School of Business and Governance, North-West University, South Africa. He also serves as an Adjunct Professor of Economics for Master’s and Doctorate Programmes at Monarch Business School, Monarch University, Hagendorn, Zug, Switzerland. Previously, he worked as a Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa. He also served as Professor and the Coordinator, Joint African Master's Programme (JAMP), Harold Pupkewitz Graduate School of Business at the Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST). He also worked as the Head of Economics, Department of Business Studies, the Papua New Guinea University of Technology, Papua New Guinea. Prof. Rena earned his Ph.D. from the Department of Economics, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India, with an achievement of University Gold Medal (for the Best Ph.D. candidates/ thesis in the field of Economics/ Commerce/ Business Management). He obtained his M.A., B.Ed., M.Phil., Ph.D from Osmania University and B.A., and LL.B., from Kakatiya University, Warangal, India.

He got the prestigious Award of the Best Researcher 2011 from Namibia University of Science and Technology He wrote 10 books and published more than 115 articles in reputed National and International peer-reviewed Journals. Besides, he has published more than 150 articles in Newspapers and Magazines and Websites and presented over 30 papers in the national and international conferences and seminars. He is founding Editor-In-Chief of an International Journal of Education Economics and Development (IJEED) which is IBSS and Scopus indexed Journal. He has been a keynote speaker for various national and international conferences in Europe, America, Africa and Asian continents.

Hehas widely written in the areas of Economics of Education, DevelopmentEconomics and Inclusive growth, Globalization and Higher Education,Microfinance, Rural Entrepreneurship, WTO, Sustainable development, FDIs,development aid.